vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-07718e2b-d29d-11e5-a95f-b499baebfeaf (CVE-2016-1544): nghttp2 -- Out of memory in nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 13, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 13, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Nghttp2 reports: Out of memory in nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio applications due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields. nghttpd, nghttp, and libnghttp2_asio applications do not limit the memory usage for the incoming HTTP header field. If peer sends specially crafted HTTP/2 HEADERS frames and CONTINUATION frames, they will crash with out of memory error. Note that libnghttp2 itself is not affected by this vulnerability.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-nghttp2
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